Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
56752491
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LAC copy
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Author
Washbrook, Kevin Fredrick,1963-
Title
Assessing the potential of road and parking charges to reduce demand for single occupancy vehicle commuting in the Greater Vancouver Region.
Degree
M.R.M. -- Simon Fraser University, 2002
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [2004]
Description
2 microfiches.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This report describes a study that used stated preference research methods to test respondents' commuter mode choice behaviour in response to the application of road and parking charges to single occupant vehicles (SOV's) and the introduction of improved transit and carpool alternatives. A total of 650 Greater Vancouver Regional District commuters who presently drive alone to work were mailed an individually customized discrete choice experiment which asked them to choose between driving alone, carpooling or taking a hypothetical express bus service when those choices varied in terms of time and cost attributes. For the 548 commuters who responded, estimates of attribute importance made with a conditional logit model showed that road and parking charges had a significant influence on the odds of choosing to drive alone to work. Time spent picking up other carpoolers, time spent waiting for buses, and transfers between buses were significant influences on the odds of choosing to carpool or take transit. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ISBN
061281999X
9780612819993